Insurers Add Benefits to Identity-Theft
Policies

A NUMBER OF INSURERS are offering identity-theft policies that cover the cost of recovering your identity and services that guide victims through the process of getting their identities back.

Late last month, Allstate Corp.'s Allstate Insurance Co. unit launched a new product for holders of homeowners and renters policies that, for $30 a year, covers identity-recovery services from investigative firm KrollInc. or as much as $25,000 of the cost victims pay to restore their identities on their own. The product is available...